Love Poem: Minutes Later
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Written by: Marie Harrison

Minutes Later

Minutes Later

Days, he made me 
wait for his kiss.

It took years for him
 to buy me diamonds.

Decades, it took him to 
sleep in my bed, with his
parents in the next room.

Knots formed in my stomach the 
second I decided to leave him,
 but minutes later I was just fine.